Chords for How to Write a Morrissey Song ("Sing The Third")
Tempo:
135.15 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
D
G
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hey guys, today I'm going to teach you how to write your very [Bb] own [Gm] Morrissey song using
one weird simple trick that doctors don't want you to know about.
I don't know why doctors [E] don't want you to know about [A] this trick, [D] but it's just [G] one very
[E] simple trick and once you know it you can write any [F] number of Morrissey songs.
So the music of Morrissey in this midst is very distinctive.
It's very unlike anybody else's and I couldn't put my finger on exactly why that was [C] until
I heard maybe five or six songs in a row that I thought was just one solid song and
there's a reason for that because the melodies are actually one note and when you learn that
note you can play your own Morrissey song.
It's just that easy.
That note is the third, the major third of whatever key you're playing in.
So let's say you're going to play a bunch [E] of chords in the [B] key of E.
[A] [Gbm] [E]
If you just sing
[Bb] the major third of that, [Ab] which is G sharp.
[E]
[B] [A] [E]
[Gbm] [B] [E]
[B] [Gbm] [A]
[E]
It's amazing.
[Ab] It's just that easy.
I mean occasionally you can go up to the fifth maybe, but [E] mostly just [G] sing the third.
It's all you have to do.
It works in E.
Sure Andy, does it work in other keys?
Of course it does.
It doesn't [Em] matter what key you're playing.
[D] If you're playing in D.
So one, [Gb] two, [D] three.
Now that [A] note is what you [Gbm] [Bm] sing.
Sing [D] a Morrissey song.
You [A] sing the third.
You [D] sing the [A] third, the third, [D] the third.
[Bb] And if you're a fan of songwriting [G] in general, you're probably thinking at this point, well
don't I ever get to sing the root, the tonic, the note that is the key that I'm actually in?
No, you don't want to do that.
You want to avoid that note like it's meat.
Like it's a prime cut of veal.
Because to sing that note would give a melody a beginning or an ending.
But a Morrissey song, it starts in the middle, it ends in the middle, and the middle, it has more middle.
That's all you got to do is the [C] third.
It doesn't matter what key.
If you're doing C.
One, two, three.
[G] [C] That's the note you [F] sing.
[C] [Am]
[Em] Not a word.
[F]
Sing [G] the [C] third.
[Bb] And then like lyrically, you're on your own.
I mean, do whatever Morrissey stuff you want to do.
Literary references, stuff about dead girlfriends.
[F] [C] It's really up to you.
I [G] can't believe you [F] read my diary.
[Dm] When [Am] I specifically [Em]
asked you [F] not to read it.
[G] Here you are with my diary [C] in your hand.
[D]
It's incredible.
So give it a shot yourself.
And make some videos.
Post them below.
And have some fun with making your own Morrissey songs.
[N] Just sing the third.
one weird simple trick that doctors don't want you to know about.
I don't know why doctors [E] don't want you to know about [A] this trick, [D] but it's just [G] one very
[E] simple trick and once you know it you can write any [F] number of Morrissey songs.
So the music of Morrissey in this midst is very distinctive.
It's very unlike anybody else's and I couldn't put my finger on exactly why that was [C] until
I heard maybe five or six songs in a row that I thought was just one solid song and
there's a reason for that because the melodies are actually one note and when you learn that
note you can play your own Morrissey song.
It's just that easy.
That note is the third, the major third of whatever key you're playing in.
So let's say you're going to play a bunch [E] of chords in the [B] key of E.
[A] [Gbm] [E]
If you just sing
[Bb] the major third of that, [Ab] which is G sharp.
[E]
[B] [A] [E]
[Gbm] [B] [E]
[B] [Gbm] [A]
[E]
It's amazing.
[Ab] It's just that easy.
I mean occasionally you can go up to the fifth maybe, but [E] mostly just [G] sing the third.
It's all you have to do.
It works in E.
Sure Andy, does it work in other keys?
Of course it does.
It doesn't [Em] matter what key you're playing.
[D] If you're playing in D.
So one, [Gb] two, [D] three.
Now that [A] note is what you [Gbm] [Bm] sing.
Sing [D] a Morrissey song.
You [A] sing the third.
You [D] sing the [A] third, the third, [D] the third.
[Bb] And if you're a fan of songwriting [G] in general, you're probably thinking at this point, well
don't I ever get to sing the root, the tonic, the note that is the key that I'm actually in?
No, you don't want to do that.
You want to avoid that note like it's meat.
Like it's a prime cut of veal.
Because to sing that note would give a melody a beginning or an ending.
But a Morrissey song, it starts in the middle, it ends in the middle, and the middle, it has more middle.
That's all you got to do is the [C] third.
It doesn't matter what key.
If you're doing C.
One, two, three.
[G] [C] That's the note you [F] sing.
[C] [Am]
[Em] Not a word.
[F]
Sing [G] the [C] third.
[Bb] And then like lyrically, you're on your own.
I mean, do whatever Morrissey stuff you want to do.
Literary references, stuff about dead girlfriends.
[F] [C] It's really up to you.
I [G] can't believe you [F] read my diary.
[Dm] When [Am] I specifically [Em]
asked you [F] not to read it.
[G] Here you are with my diary [C] in your hand.
[D]
It's incredible.
So give it a shot yourself.
And make some videos.
Post them below.
And have some fun with making your own Morrissey songs.
[N] Just sing the third.
Key:
E
A
D
G
C
E
A
D
_ _ _ _ Hey guys, today I'm going to teach you how to write your very [Bb] own [Gm] Morrissey song using
one weird simple trick that doctors don't want you to know about.
I don't know why doctors [E] don't want you to know about [A] this trick, [D] but it's just [G] one very
[E] simple trick and once you know it you can write any [F] number of Morrissey songs.
So the music of Morrissey in this midst is very distinctive.
It's very unlike anybody else's and I couldn't put my finger on exactly why that was [C] until
I heard maybe five or six songs in a row _ that I thought was just one solid song and
there's a reason for that because the melodies are _ _ actually one note and when you learn that
note you can play your own Morrissey song.
It's just that easy.
That note is the third, the major third of whatever key you're playing in.
So let's say you're going to play a bunch [E] of chords in the [B] key of E.
[A] _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [E] _
_ _ If you just sing
[Bb] the major third of that, [Ab] which is G sharp. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Gbm] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
It's amazing.
[Ab] It's just that easy.
I mean occasionally you can go up to the fifth maybe, _ but [E] mostly just [G] sing the third.
It's all you have to do.
_ It works in E.
Sure Andy, does it work in other keys?
Of course it does.
It doesn't [Em] matter what key you're playing.
[D] If you're playing in D.
So one, [Gb] two, [D] three.
_ _ _ _ Now that [A] note is what you [Gbm] _ [Bm] sing.
Sing [D] a Morrissey _ song.
You [A] sing the third.
You [D] sing the [A] third, the third, [D] the third.
[Bb] _ _ And if you're a fan of songwriting [G] in general, you're probably thinking at this point, well
don't I ever get to sing the root, the tonic, the note that is the key that I'm actually in?
No, you don't want to do that.
You want to avoid that note like it's meat.
Like it's a prime cut of veal.
Because to sing that note would give a melody a beginning or an ending.
But a Morrissey song, it starts in the middle, it ends in the middle, and the middle, it has more middle.
That's all you got to do is the [C] third.
It doesn't matter what key.
If you're doing C.
One, two, three.
_ [G] _ _ [C] That's the note you [F] sing.
[C] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Em] _ _ Not a word.
[F]
Sing [G] the _ [C] _ third. _
[Bb] And then like lyrically, you're on your own.
I mean, do whatever Morrissey stuff you want to do.
Literary references, stuff about dead girlfriends.
_ [F] _ [C] It's really up to you. _ _
_ _ I [G] can't believe you [F] read my diary.
[Dm] When [Am] I specifically [Em]
asked you [F] not to read it.
_ [G] Here you are with my diary [C] in your hand.
[D] _
_ It's incredible.
So give it a shot yourself.
And make some videos.
Post them _ below.
And have some fun with making your own Morrissey songs.
[N] Just sing the third.
one weird simple trick that doctors don't want you to know about.
I don't know why doctors [E] don't want you to know about [A] this trick, [D] but it's just [G] one very
[E] simple trick and once you know it you can write any [F] number of Morrissey songs.
So the music of Morrissey in this midst is very distinctive.
It's very unlike anybody else's and I couldn't put my finger on exactly why that was [C] until
I heard maybe five or six songs in a row _ that I thought was just one solid song and
there's a reason for that because the melodies are _ _ actually one note and when you learn that
note you can play your own Morrissey song.
It's just that easy.
That note is the third, the major third of whatever key you're playing in.
So let's say you're going to play a bunch [E] of chords in the [B] key of E.
[A] _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [E] _
_ _ If you just sing
[Bb] the major third of that, [Ab] which is G sharp. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Gbm] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
It's amazing.
[Ab] It's just that easy.
I mean occasionally you can go up to the fifth maybe, _ but [E] mostly just [G] sing the third.
It's all you have to do.
_ It works in E.
Sure Andy, does it work in other keys?
Of course it does.
It doesn't [Em] matter what key you're playing.
[D] If you're playing in D.
So one, [Gb] two, [D] three.
_ _ _ _ Now that [A] note is what you [Gbm] _ [Bm] sing.
Sing [D] a Morrissey _ song.
You [A] sing the third.
You [D] sing the [A] third, the third, [D] the third.
[Bb] _ _ And if you're a fan of songwriting [G] in general, you're probably thinking at this point, well
don't I ever get to sing the root, the tonic, the note that is the key that I'm actually in?
No, you don't want to do that.
You want to avoid that note like it's meat.
Like it's a prime cut of veal.
Because to sing that note would give a melody a beginning or an ending.
But a Morrissey song, it starts in the middle, it ends in the middle, and the middle, it has more middle.
That's all you got to do is the [C] third.
It doesn't matter what key.
If you're doing C.
One, two, three.
_ [G] _ _ [C] That's the note you [F] sing.
[C] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Em] _ _ Not a word.
[F]
Sing [G] the _ [C] _ third. _
[Bb] And then like lyrically, you're on your own.
I mean, do whatever Morrissey stuff you want to do.
Literary references, stuff about dead girlfriends.
_ [F] _ [C] It's really up to you. _ _
_ _ I [G] can't believe you [F] read my diary.
[Dm] When [Am] I specifically [Em]
asked you [F] not to read it.
_ [G] Here you are with my diary [C] in your hand.
[D] _
_ It's incredible.
So give it a shot yourself.
And make some videos.
Post them _ below.
And have some fun with making your own Morrissey songs.
[N] Just sing the third.